No Wonder This is Going Viral AGAIN! Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
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This song has a very deep meaning for me. This song was in the movie City of angels .I was married in 1998. My husband passed 10 months later in a car accident. He watched the end of the movie and wanted me to watch the whole movie, but the night we were going to watch it, I was very tired, I asked him if we could watch it another night. That night never came. He was gone. Eventually, I watched the movie and cried!! Also, I bought the cd and cried. Every time I hear this song, I still cry. I would give up everything just to feel him one more time.....always in my heart ❤
Wow. In the end the Meg Ryan died in a car accident as well. That must have been devastating to watch the end. Can't say much more than I'm sorry for your loss and I wish you the best I suppose.
Some wounds never fully heal. We merely learn to live with them. My condolences.
It was made for the movie. OST
Me and my kids father watched this movie together when it first came out. He passed away suddenly in 2008. The pain is unbearable still. It first held a deep meaning for my high school sweetheart and childhood friend who passed away in 93. To lose two great loves hurts. I’m still not ready to date but I did keep living my life for my two kids. I now have grand babies to live on as well
@amyjade2937 I know exactly how you feel. I put on a happy face many times over the years. Unless you have experienced it, some people don't get it. I hope you can find peace. There is no timeline for grief. Remember, your feelings are valid.
My memory of this song was after my sister had committed suicide and my husband (ex-husband now) told me he had gotten another girl pregnant I had decided I couldn't do it anymore I was done I put this song on repeat and laid back and as my life was flickering in and out all I could hear was this song. It takes me back every single time. When they were pumping my stomach I was fading in and out. When I finally came too I found out I was pregnant. That's why I'm here that's why it wasn't my time yet. He is now 24 and married and living his best life and truly my miracle.
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Wow 😧❤ Much Love 🫂
Glad you made it! I’m proud of you!
So relieved you got through it.
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God, I miss the 90's. I miss The Goo Goo Dols.
Bonus!! The Goo Goo Dolls are still making music 😊 they are actually doing a world tour right now.
And they still sound amazing!!!
I miss the 90s 2019 until is pretty shit
Oh the 90s..where music was still a talent.
Which came first, the song or the movie? I can’t separate them…
These songs NEVER went away for those of us that love them ❤️🙏
Perfect
yes.
he is so fine
yes
NEVER, EVER!
I was deployed on the aircraft carrier 67 John F Kennedy from Oct 1999 to Mar 2000, the Googoo dolls performed a concert for us in the middle of the ocean, on the flight deck somewhere in the persian gulf, ill never forget the performance, it was also in the middle of a rainstorm for some reason when it came to them playing that very same song. Truly one of my core memories of my time in the military, I hope all members of the band know how much we appreciated them coming out doing a whole concert for us out there being far away from our loved ones during that time.
Thank You for Your Service ❤
@@deborahbailey8246Thank you, Honored to have served💛 Pray for those who are out there now.
Thank you for your service 🫡🫶… my dá was there for that concert and I remember saying to him how much I wished I were there to have experienced that, especially on my favorite aircraft carrier. Must have been an incredible experience for you to have had that experience too, just to be on the JFK… awesome!!!! I only had the privilege to go to the compound for late summer outings and gazing at the water and the passing ferries from Dennisport
I just noticed the boxed ??, some devices don’t show emojis, but 1st was a salute, 2nd a hands in heart emoji... again, thank you for your service.
@@HiddenRoyal1472 Thank you! Hope your Dad is well...Tell him a shipmate from VAW-123 says hello and it was an Honor to have served with him.
My daughter who passed years ago of a heart condition, would make me listen to this song over and over when she was still in high school. She would hold my hand and drill me about the lyrics way before she was diagnosed with her heart condition. Now, all these years later, I can still feel her When I hear this song. I love you, Markki Alyssa.
What a beautiful love
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Sorry for your loss. God calls all the good ones home early!
What a beautiful story. That kind of love is priceless. ❤️💫💙💞
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I was 14 years old when this song came out and I promise you, the 90s is untouchable! I miss it so much it physically hurts, it was truly a magical time! It's not just that things were more simple, it's beyond that, people felt, love was in the air and we lived outside. And, damn he was fine af!!
Born in 82 , graduated in 2000. I aoooo agree with you. I catch myself thinking and daydreaming even dreaming about the 90s all the time. I miss it so much it was life
@@JonathonLangFunny you should say that because I, myself, was born in 1981 & I couldn’t agree with you more! 🙂🇨🇦
My husband and I talk about this often!! The 90s was our peak for sure. We were still so connected because we were disconnected.
If you thought the 90s was cool you should have been a kid in the 70s and 80s
The 90s really were the best.
Pre iphone era concerts were the best!!
That’s one of the main reasons that I hate going to concerts these days. Everyone has their damn phone up ruining the show for everyone else who also have their damn phones up.
Omg yes they were ❤
Haha that takes me back. My first ever concert was Goo Goo Dolls opening for Lenny Kravitz and yes while we didn't have phones then, when Iris came on, everyone took out their lighters and the crowd was a sea of tiny flames waving. Good times.
--kind of, like, the opposite of the song lyrics...yeah? going for broke. veiled in self-efficacy. not needing any person's affirmation, save one.
People experienced the concerts, participated in the magic, not made home movies for someone else.
You have to see City of Angels to fully understand this song! It is exactly what you spoke of.
Ugh I can’t watch that movie I always cry lol but love that movie and I love Alanis Morisette’s song Uninvited for that movie too!!!
@@MichelleLyn84and the Peter Gabriel song. Just about the whole soundtrack is amazing
Fantastic soundtrack. Definitely. The U2 song was my 2nd fave after this.
I don't remember the movie but never forget this song Classic Meaningful ❤
I don’t cry at movies but I did cry at this movie
The song is even more profound when you watch the movie City of Angels for which it was written. It is about an angel falling in love with a human, so he gives up forever to touch her. Meaning he decides to fall from heaven and become human.
If you haven't seen Sliding Doors please watch it.
A fallen Angel? Nephalim? It is forbidden for Angels to procreate with daughters of men
And Uninvited by Alanis Morissette
Perfect summation
@@shirleyscott8879Really? It’s a Hollywood movie 🙄 I bet you don’t pick all the Marvel & other movies without the mention of angels apart do you? 🙄
Im a psychologist and this song has to be the greatest depiction of dissociation from trauma that I have heard/seen. This live version even more so with him seemingly not even feeling/caring about the rain. Just wow..
They just don't have bands like this anymore,what an incredible time!
It’s amazing how songs transport you back to a period in your life, in an instant. This song became my son’s theme song, when he was diagnosed with cancer at age 5. This song seems to be very popular for those of us hit with tragedy, the comments are filled with stories of trauma and illness.
I was there and I will NEVER forget that special moment!!!
So jealous! I just told my hubby one band I have to see!
Me too!!
I wish..
Where was this?
Buffalo, hometown show on 4th of July 2004. Played in a downpour in Niagara Square, in front of Buffalo’s City Hall, which itself is an art deco masterpiece
You can’t fight the tears that aren’t coming, or the moment of truth in your lies. When everything feels like the movies, yeah you’ll bleed just to know you’re alive… I believe he’s speaking to how people walk through life pretending they are fine or happy (especially now with social media) and in all of that being fake, we lose our true selves and we would “bleed” or suffer just to feel something… anything. I feel he’s longing for something real and true and not so shrouded in pretending it’s all just fine. The longing to be “seen” - with our wounds, flaws and beauty. I LOVED THIS VIDEO!
Nicely said.
This song came out when I was in High-school- we lived through some pretty traumatic things. Trauma reactions can actually rob you of being able to feel emotion as well as feel connected to reality. You end up lying about your reactions to behave "normally" but the real tears you're supposed to be fighting are not there to hold back. The truth is you're empty inside, and you're projecting what you think is the correct persona, but you crave the pain just to prove you still have the ability to feel anything at all. That's why a lot of kids I know started cutting. I never wanted a lot of people's adoration or even attention - that kind of attention is shallow and unfulfilling. But a true connection with just one person would be worth sacrificing everything. Not sure if he meant this when he wrote it, but that is how I always interpreted it - we self-destruct to make sure we still exist. It is probably ( to me ) one of the most poignant songs of my generation. Absolutely LOVED this song from the first day I heard it, and will forever
@@jenno6824I get it!!!
@@jenno6824this. I'm 35 now, but this song is still the one that actually DOES make me cry when I need to.
Coz it came out at a time in my life where I was an abused kid who'd already gone through so much trauma that I just felt numb to everything and felt like one no one really saw me or cared. So that line always cut so deep because yeah, I'd want to cry sometimes, but I often couldn't even do that because I was just so numb and beaten down. I used to struggle with self harm too, so bleeding just to feel something, ANYTHING, that always hit so close too. So I completely understand that feeling of hiring yourself just to prove that you ARE. That you still exist, that you're not an invisible nothing, that you still have the capacity to feel at all. Coz when you go through that much, out stays to feel like the mind numbing tedium of feeling hollow all the time is all that there is. Abuse really strips you of your identity and its so hard to feel anything that you do self destruct, just to prove they're still anything they're to destroy at all. And that's always how I've interpreted that part of the song. D doing something to hurt yourself just to ground yourself in the present feeling of pain because it's better than the constant dissociation. Funny how I've always described the dissociation/derealization/whatever I felt at that time in my life as getting like in living in a movie or TV show. And it's because of this song, because of one about things not feeling real but feeling like you're watching your own life like its a movie.
I'm 35 now though and I'll FINALLY be going to see them in March for the first time and I know I'm gonna bawl my eyes out.
Not just because of this song and what it means to me, but because I'm going to this show for the 15 year old kid in me who never got to do any of the things she wanted, who never got to see the musicians she loved or live any of the life she wanted. And for the 20 year old girl who's early youth was stolen because of the time spent self destructing and falling apart and then trying to put all the pieces back together and heal after all the trauma of my childhood.
But now in my 30s, I'm finally living and doing things I've always wanted to do and giving that younger version of myself a chance to live out some of the dreams she never even dared to dream about, coz she knew they wouldn't ever be a reality. Except now I'm grown, and they are.
And I gotta say, its a surreal feeling to foamy get to see these bands i loved as an adult, when I can still feel that kid inside me that just wanted to live. I don't even know how to describe it, but it feels kind of healing, to finally give that teenage girl some of the experiences she always wished she would get to have.
Sorry for the long reply, but your comment just hit home I guess
Neh, the fact that they performed for the crowd that stayed, proved their legendary status in my books. This was an epic song before this concert, but the fact that they risked all their equipment,. their instruments just to perform for the crowd, its legendary. Hence the fame of this video clip.
Wtf is neh
That’s Buffalo for you!! We love our Bills and Goos! No matter what the weather we stay strong!
Not just instruments, their lives. They are covered in water, one short in a wire and they are all fried
Dont understand why band is wet and crowd is dry
@@seant6955 Trust me, crowd was not dry. I was there...soaked to the bone.
I LOVE THIS SONG BUT ITS BITTER SWEET BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF MY FIANCE WHO LOST HER BATTLE WITH BREAST CANCER !!! RIP MELISSA , I'LL ALWAYS LUV YA !
My wife =) AIDS. I get it. RIP Melissa.
Hang in there brother. These reminders keep her spirit alive and well..peace
wow. found a term which my wife died from that got booted apparently so let me remove the cause of my wife's death listed as a statement of understanding the emotional feeling you have when hearing/viewing this song. and as stated, rip Melissa. peace.
I highly recommend this movie to you: "Iris" is a song by the American alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls. Written for the soundtrack of the 1998 film City of Angels, it was included on the sixth Goo Goo Dolls album, Dizzy Up the Girl, and released as a single on April 1, 1998.
Love you bro
I was at this concert July 4th,2004 It was my birthday. With the GOO GOO DOLLS being from the Buffalo NY area and the fact that it was raining hard made it that much more special. This song was used in the movie City of Angels starring Meg Ryan and Nicolas Cage.
The Goo Goo dolls and the Bills. Two things from Buffalo that are great
Same ,me and my ex wife were there , free concert ,, me beingba buffalo norn kid , amazing show
I was stationed at Fort Drum and made the drive to Buffalo. Was another unforgettable concert experience.
@@randykelley6826 long trip down the 90,, my sons been at drum for 3 years ,ive made that trip a bunch of tines my friend , thank you for your service.
I so wish I had gone. I was the dumb one who went to the rained out Bisons game that night.
I was there. The storm sewers were overrun. Stood in ankle deep water. Epic show
same..... soaked to the bone for sure.
this song is Iconic but this preformance it breathtaking. Well done.
40+ year old guy and this song always hit me in the heart "sometimes you bleed just to know your alive.." as a person who had those tendencies that hits deep
yes it does ❤ much love to you
One of the best Lyrics ever written!
Agreed.
I think those particular lyrics stand out to many of us for many different reasons. I've shared my reason in a different comment. I don't fully understand your reason but I feel for you.
Agreed ❤
Your face after that first chorus ❤ You were all of us 90s girls falling for Johnny Rzeznik singing a romantic song gas in the rain in that moment
I was going to say that ! You fell in love with him!
Rosalie Thank you for letting the whole song play without interrupting it with a bunch of commentary. I love how passionate you are about the music and I love how moved you were by the song. It’s so interesting and beautiful to watch that and to hear the passion in your voice.
So many other times when people review a song or a drum solo or something they talk the whole way through it and it’s like well. I’m glad you get to play it over and over and listen to it, but didn’t they talk when we hear it and we don’t hear a clean version of it so thank you because it really helped me to connect with where you were coming from just to be able to watch your reaction And sense what you were feeling while I got to enjoy that song as well
When I was in Rehab another patient introduced me to this song .
His Mums name was Iris .
Everytime I hear this I remember his trauma told over the months there and the loss of his Dear Mum .
He went on like me to recovery and is happy and well .
I will be 16 years Sober on 22/02/2025 . We got well together with this as our soundtrack of the traumas that formed our addictions . 🙏🏻💜✨
I met Johnny before the Goo Dolls were big. I saw them at a small venue in Canada. My friend was in the backup- band. I was at the club early with him. I had a brief interaction with Johnny. He was so handsome. I remember thinking that the cleft in his chin was cute. He was sweet, no ego., just a nice guy.
Nice guys fin ish last, right?
@@LoQueYoDigoVaAMisa He didn't finish last.
Didn’t they start as a punk band?
@ They definitely had had Punk edge. I was into Punk at that time and there were a lot of Punk Rockers at the show.
@@LoQueYoDigoVaAMisa I had lots of friends in the music industry at that time, not everyone was nice.
Iris is the song that makes me think of my two still born babies. I just want them to know who I am. My heart hurts.
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My heart goes out to you, truly. My baby girl was still born, but it was bc of a car accident. It was 45 years ago, but… I’m sure your heart does hurt. I am so sorry.
@ mine died 26 and 25 years ago It never stops hurting though.
Noooo. Twice? I can barely imagine how you feel. I used to work in the NICU. Absolutely heartshattering. I hope your babies souls still feel your love from carrying them. They are the ones who become our angels. My deepest sympathy and condolences. X
@ thank you.
This song was an ERA.
Yes it was!!!!!!
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Who cares about going viral again....This is a legendary song with its own legacy ... Loved it the moment I listened to it the first time way way back... n still love it till this day❤
I would say its definitely in the top 50 songs ever written. Phenomenal song. Timeless.
This song was written for the movie "City of Angels", and if/when you watch that movie, the songs meaning really comes to life. You don't need to watch it to understand the movie, but it really sinks in when you've watched it.
That soundtrack album also had Uninvited by Alanis Morissette (also written for this movie) and Angel by Sarah McLachlan (which is now mostly a meme song, but it's still a great song).
Thank you. I was looking for this. If she watches the film, it will make sense.
This!!! She clearly did not watch lol
I had no idea all of those songs were written for that film. All these years I simply thought the film gathered really appropriate songs together for the soundtrack.
Iris, the window into the soul. Some people hide who they are cause of fear and rejection. People just want to have that deep connection with someone else.
Thank you for this beautiful explanation. The eyes are the windows to the soul. They eyes never lie.
I had just moved to North Texas from Harlingen TX. I heard the song on City Of Angels. The beach scene where all the angles meet for sunrise hit home for me. I had lost my mom on July 1996. She was and always be an amazing woman to me. Her birthday is on Christmas Eve and her name ladies and gentlemen is Iris.
Oh wow. How our universe works. You and your Mom seem to have had a close relationship. My mom and I did too. And I miss her every day. ❤️
@robinswantack4945 My pops told me that we're all going to be reunited one day. That's the good news.
Awwww blessings to you. It’s New Year’s Eve tonight. Let it be happy. I lost my hero , my mom, in 1997. I still miss her everyday. She held me together while my father broke me.
Rainy concerts are the best. My first date with my husband was to a concert. Neither one of us knew we were being set up on a date. It was a three-hour drive to the Billy Joel concert, and now have been married for 30 years.
Man I miss the 90s best time of my life I graduated HS in 1998 so I grew up on this music Third Eye Blind was another great band of this time along with so many others. The 90s gave us everything thing from Goo Goo Dolls to Nirvana to 2pac and Snoop to Garth Brooks and so many others.
Me too, best times ever ❤
❤always been a favourite of mine… and it was the coolest time!
No phones everyone immersed themselves and was present… we were all together feeling it without distraction
This song never gets old. One of my favorites for sure!!
goo goo dolls for life! 90s forever!
I saw the GGD’s this summer at Summerfest in Milwaukee and we had severe storms and a tornado warning and we all stuck it out. The show had over a two hour delay. They came out and gave a wonderful performance. You can tell he loves what they do for their fans.John has such a pure voice and the concert was a bucket list knock off for me. I am 70 and I started listening to them after hearing the song Iris right after I lost my husband . I fell in love with the song and sought out who wrote it. I didn’t know one of their songs , but I now can sing almost every song they wrote. Johnny is a masterful at writing lyrics. I think of my husband when I hear the song Iris. I love the Goo! Great video, thanks for sharing even though I have watched this video over and over. Good song to get emotional over….
Goo goo dolls is the band that made me hear songs like its a story being told. Most of their songs have deep metaphors that i cant even translate that i had to make a personal interpretations myself.
This song always hits me everytime. Beautiful story and song.
Johnny Rzeznik is perfect for combining psychology with music. He had a tough background and is able to write with a combination of abstract and purpose for people (mostly women) who are scarred and yet lively and emotional. Black Balloon, Acoustic #3, Feel the Silence. Dig in.
Imagined he's young when he's creating this lyrics,❤
Before I watch, is it," name'? I listen to music bc alotta the xs that's all I have. So some of the comments I read ,w/ ppl apparently my same age or around the same age, u see this y I don't take advice. Why u will never misguide me. & How ull never taint ish in all my other angsty stuff. Ppl not in my scope too. The hell u mean u don't understand. If u don't understand it's just simply for u to not understand then. /Mind u, the temporary actions isn't some complex thing either. Bc for me, I was young cursed w/ & I will absolutely never ever look at ppl the same. Lucky for me, huh?.. But even in my darkness, there's still wholesome light vibes. At least in name. 🥴 Bc I haven't even watched. So idek what ppl r going on about. It's like the 1 song that pops off from the top of my head that I know is thought provoking. Slide is prob humpty hump. Although I think good goo dolls might've been my 1st or 2nd concert. The way my baby dads fam & the associates r too my fan clubs. I'm not weak bc I don't speak up. I'm just so tired of always being the bigger person ...& Not adding fuel to the fire. The not worth my energy ish. Damn cycles & enablers of some nonteefs crackheads. The way my baby has xmas toys entirely dedicated to me, in spite of me... Like beg for attention much?! The way ppl need my attention sooooo bad. Imagine they're in their own worlds so full of hate & ignorance. But obviously somehow fearful of me. Yet it's an army of cowards. & It's gonna take so much out of them to just densely and repetitively treat me like ish. & I'm just here listening to the good goo dolls.. like fr, the h do I even do to ppl. I legitimately don't even bother .. vs & then Im just looking at them like they're some holey heads that completely missed the pt. Legitimately, that's a u thing. And I have nothing to do w/ it. U were like that before I came along. I'm not your freaking scapegoat, weirdos. Lol how precious of them to think I'd willingly choose to be active w/ them like that tho. I'm not being dramatic. They always got "sky" digs. & It's not insulting. It's just insulting they think they're insulting. In that way that i know the root of their intentions. & I never thought highly of em anyways. It's just I'm stuck in the cycle Simply bc of my innocent baby. The way they even have the audacity to screw up things, that take little effort, that mattered to me, just simply bc they're being useless & haters & then get mad at me bc they're irresponsible & I call emo out for it . Yet in their holey druggy heads, they're affective. In short on my side of things it's like I'm engaging w/ Patrick of SpongeBob. Yet they're relentless. Let it gooooooo. Go find a celebrity to be infatuated with 🥴. Go watch a soap Oprah or something. & If not before then, I'm like a chosen 1🥴, I'm gonna go w/ U might possibly finna die. 🤷🏻♀️ I didn't make up the rules. It's kinda really how the universe works
@@ahhwe-any7434 Name is my favorite song by the Goo Goo Dolls
Being a Hard Rock Metal Head I ignored this band for the Name and then I heard this song and talk about a slap in the face!! "What's in a name"? Check out NAME!! Another great Dolls hit and SLIDE!! Love 💕 your passion Lady!! Great Reaction! Peace 🕊️☮️♾️😎🎸🤟🏼
Epic song…takes me right back to the greatest decade the 90s….and look at the crowd….no smart phones, when everybody went to gigs to enjoy the music, and not to stare through those dam phones….lm so glad I got to enjoy epic songs like this…organically….👍👍
These songs never went away. So glad you are enjoying the journey! Back when they lived, loved and experienced the music and the fans live and in the moment. 🌹♥🌹
One of my favorite songs, I was a teen in the late 90s, what a time for music. This song was huge, all over the radio! But the way Rosalie digs into this song makes it even more beautiful!!! Amazing job girl!!!
I've always known The Goo Goo Dolls were deep lyrically, especially after listening to the song "Black Balloon" and realizing what it was about and the chilling metaphors in the song.
This and black balloon were 2 of my favorite songs as a kid.
I'm so glad you did this particular performance of this song. It's my absolute favorite and just a testament to how much we loved music back then. Bands in the 90s wouldn't cancel a concert unless it was life or death lol. Watching this always makes me so nostalgic for my childhood. 😞😞😞💜💜💜
I saw Goo Goo Dolls like less than 10 years ago and they were literally just as good and sounded the same. I was so happy to see them perform since I missed out when I was younger!
Buffalo Girl here.. loving my Goos !! Video filmed in Buffalo with the best fans in the world!! Whenever I hear this song it reminds me of my mom who passed in 1999 at 46 of cancer. He favorite movie at the time was City of Angels and this song was also her favorite! Buffalo loves our Buffalo Bills and Goos!!
Buffalo girl here! I am so sorry about your mom. Amazing city we live in!!! ❤
I always loved this song. It kind of parallels to Alanis Morrisettes “ uninvited” which funny enough is also in the same movie this song is in.
I've always thought that, too!
On man. Uninvited is such a hauntingly good song.
I thought that
The whole soundtrack to City of Angels is so good!!
Interesting analysis, thanks.
Would recommend watching the movie it was written for "City of angels" starring Meg Ryan & Nicholas Cage. John wrote this song in 10 minutes after watching a first edit of the movie with producer Rob Cavallo, with John saying;
"I was thinking about the situation of the Nicolas Cage character in the movie. This guy is completely willing to give up his own immortality, just to be able to feel something very human. And I think, 'Wow! What an amazing thing it must be like to love someone so much that you give up everything to be with them.' That's a pretty heavy thought."
the song was written for the movie City of Angels, about an angel that falls in love with a human woman.
one of Nicolas Cage's best movies
Saddest ending.
One of my favorite movies of all time, despite the tragic ending.
I forgot it exists? I saw some channel eerieishly catering to me through that song. & I barely even know what u're talking about. I know eerieshly isn't a word too but idc
I was going to write this, and then I saw your comment. I love this song and this movie. And the Goo Goo Dolls. ❤
Crying. Bawling. 😭 You just touched my soul. I was in my early 20s in the late 90s. This song never left me. Never gets old. Extremely cathartic. Thank you for that connection, Miss Rosalie. Abe ❤
This song- touches my soul like no other.🎶♥️🎶
in my opinion the most honest and romantic western popsong ever
At 62 I’m influenced by 60 and 70’s music. Just an unbelievable era. Enough to make you a snob. But I love creativity from any era. I’ve always loved this song and band. But felt a little guilty. Like they weren’t Zepplin. I almost cut this video off. But I hung in. And wow. What a treat. I love this analysis. I just thought this was another love song. Man was I wrong. I am a subscriber now. So many vocal experts on UA-cam. I don’t need that technical stuff. I like the psychology and human stuff. This is so different. And we don’t listen to music for technical reasons. We listen because we are moved.
Thank you
I always loved the goo goo dolls! I would have loved to be at that concert! But I am blessed to have been at Live Aid in Phila PA what a lot of positive energy you could just feel all the love!
The best concert I've ever been to!! They played through all the rain and not a person in the crowd left! It was played in front of Buffalo city hall, and there were 60,000 people!!
the full show was filmed and released on DVD. It's called Goo Goo Dolls, Live in Buffalo NY, the full show is epic!!
the feelings and emotions i get when hearing this song helps me remember the moments in my life that make me hurt and fill me with happiness…i love this song!!
alot of artists dont have little easter eggs or double meanings anymore.
Love this song, i feel like artists as creative anymore in this kinda way.
Great performance. Loved city of angels too.
So glad i got to go to lots of concerts like this when i was a young adult and with my now husband before we had kids lol.
I was soaking wet for almost two solid weeks like that when I was in the service. I was so cold I could barely hold my rifle. I have great respect for anyone who can sing and play a guitar while shivering. That showed a great deal of love for their fans.
Thank you for your service!!
@@rosalieelliottofficialYou are very welcome.
The song was used in the 1998 movie "City of Angels". If you watch that, the song takes on a new meaning too.
Amen!
I just made a similar comment.
It was written for the movie from Nicolas Cage’s point of view.
This is my song. My daughter and I have seen the Goo Goo Dolls 4 times in concert. I cry every time I hear this. I reminds me of the love of my life (who knew me like no other person on earth) , who passed away, and how my family never understood me, so I had to let them go - out of my life.
We lost my son-in-law who lived with us & was more son to us when an opioid addict went unconscious at the wheel & lost control of the UHaul truck he was driving that was filled with heavy furniture & killed him instantly on impact! In an instant our beloved Marc was gone!!!! Our daughter lost her husband of 8 years! He was 2 weeks from college graduation at Kean University & we were all devastated!!!! His viewing drew more than 600 people because he was someone whom everyone loved ♥️This occurred in April 2016. I was a fan of this band since 1995 & couldn’t listen to this song after he died. He was a bassplayer & he, myself & my stepson would jam together. I’m still affected to this day by his death. I saw the band in November 2016 & when John played the harmonica (I gave him one in 2013) during Broadway I was so mesmerized by it that I managed to make it thru the concert that night.
This song has an unique guitar tuning...B D D D D D. So I will venture to say...this song has no precedent. It possibly...is the best song ever written
It is tops forsure
yeah i tried learning the song on acoustic but the odd tuning meant i pretty much needed a second guitar because it gets annoying re-tuning all the time. I know of no other song with this tuning
Forgetful...but dude...it gets you laid and well worth the minute thirty seconds to retune
I love this song.
It is a song that truly fits and encompasses the film for which it was written. It reaches everyone beyond the film. It's such a beautiful song. The music is phenomenal.
I love this ❤️ Im from Buffalo ny and they are from here as well. This performance took place here, almost a celebration of their success and love for our city. This brought back so many memories.... And this performance was incredible , I was only 10 so i didn't get to go, but my parents and aunts were❤
I get goosebumps listening to this. Loved the goo goo dolls in my 20's. Still listen to their music, takes me back to when my boy was young & we did everything together. Was my lil man. My best friend. He's now home with his maker. Rip my boy. Jayden 💔
How could you not know what the song is about just listen to it! I remember when this somg first came out and always a great tune to jam to regardless of a situation! I'm highly amazed that you say you grew up in the 90s and you've never fully listened to that song that's craziness to me! But I tan for sure say I was so happy to be brought up in the 80s early 90s best decades ever! Especially music wise!
I once had a regular who came into a convenient store. He would come during the day then at night he'd come and play music on hus guitar for walkers to enjoy.
We'd talk, like deep dive talks. One day he said he wouldn't be coming back but he wanted to leave with a goodbye and a dedication to me. This was the song he thought defined me.
And he said it's because I was always in the moment however I shyed away from people actually seeing me, knowing me.
And at the time I was in love with a girl I could never be with for personal reasons aswell as logistics.
Why it stood out though. I fell in love with the song as a kid when it first came out and when "City of Angels" came out, good old movie BTW.
But that's stood with me for some time. There's alot about the song at its core that runs parallels with me
This song was, is and will always be one of my favorite songs of all time with others including Lighting Crashes (both versions) by Live, Last Kiss cover by Pearl Jam, My Own Prison by Creed and Somewhere Out There by Our Lady Peace.
Ironically, Live also has a song named "Iris"
I liked the way my hand looked on your head
In the presence of my knuckles
But the beauty of this vision alone
Just like yesterday's sunset
Has been perverted by the sentimental
And mistaken for love
The felix of your truth will always break it
And the iris of your eye always shake it
And the armies, the armies I have created
Will always hate it, will always bait you on
I liked the way my hand looked on your head
In the presence of my struggle
But the beauty of this vision alone
I can't shake from my tree just yet
It keeps invading all my private moments
Listen to me now
The felix of your truth always break it
And the iris of your eye always shake it
And the armies, the armies I have created
Will always hate it, always bait you on, on, oh yeah
Woo! Come on
Until I take their flags
Until I take their flags
Woo! Come on
Until I take their flags
Until I take their flags
Until I take their flags
They're deep inside my head
Until I take their flags
Yeah, the felix of your truth always break it
And the iris of your eye always shake it
And the armies, the armies I, I have created
Will always hate it, will always bait you on
Until I take their flags, woo!
This song has had a Deep Meaning To met since its release!!! I love this FEELING!!❤❤❤
Amazing! Before the theatrics just amazing musicians and the RAIN! Perfect!
What a great analysis you did of this song! I've always loved this song especially the line "I don't want the world to see me 'cause I don't think they would understand" but you let me see it in a different light! Your point that Iris isn't just a girl's name but that Iris is a metaphor for seeing, feeling & experiencing love is spot on!
Johnny is an incredible sonwriter. This performance and the guy he plucked out of the audience when he was jn a cast and gave him the opportunity to play IRIS are priceless.
It was superbly written for that movie where he gives up immortality because he fell in love and wanted to be a human and not an angel anymore just to be with her and to feel that consuming love.
WOW! This is my first time to see this song live. And my first time to see your page! I LOVE both! ❤😊
I saw the Goo Goo Dolls at a live outdoor stage in Smyrna, GA in October 2023. It was EPIC!!!!! ❤
I was at that concert! They sounded great!
This is MY band!! I fell in love with this song when I heard it on Dawson’s Creek in 1997 or so! I’ve seen them about 15-20 times but have a good friend that has seen them over 100 times. They have SOOOO MANY GREAT SONGS!!!! And are FANTASTIC in concert!! I’ll be seeing them on July in Phx with my 28 y/o son…CANNOT WAIT!!!
I came to the US to do some football (soccer) coaching from England in the summer of 1999 & fell in love with this tune while traveling around, bought the album & introduced it to everyone I knew in England when I returned.
It was a great song then & it’s a great song now.
I saw them open for Bush and No Doubt back in 95 in Greenville SC. Really good show. I’ve always loved the song on a surface level so to get a deep dive on EVERY level… brilliant. I really enjoy the way you think. New sub. 😊
I remember Name being their biggest song by radio play. This is in a major movie with a big video that was super-playable on MTV, so it was massive. Wasn't their first soundtrack song though. Long Way Down was on the Twister soundtrack.
Yes, and the common thing with Name and Iris is Reznik wrote n played both songs using Open tunings on the guitar. Fantastic sound that mimics 12 string gitar, but it's a 6 string.
One thing my husband and I did well as parents was introduce our 3 kids to all types of music. He and I were in high school in the 80’s, college in the 90’s, and young parents in the 00’s. These songs have, and will forever, play in our house and our cars on a daily basis. My babies were singing “Africa” by Toto before they could walk. A super-proud moment was witnessing my then 10-year old daughter start belting out “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman right along beside me as we were cruising down the highway. When their friends were singing songs by Miley Cyrus or One Direction (both fantastic, btw!) mine were jamming to U2 and Dave Matthews Band. I have been humbled reading all of the comments and learning what “Iris” means to others. The connection we make with others through music is like nothing else. The connections we make within ourselves when a song describes what we can’t seem to express soothes the soul like nothing else. I live my life in one big song…like Linda from “Bob’s Burgers.” lol! Stay safe out there and say some prayers for our friends in the city of angels.
When I listen to this I remember that version of myself that was happy but now its lost somewhere
I remember feeling heartbroken and torn consistently. But never hopeless and never broken. Sad to say, I found the day. I'm with you and we'll get there again. Just stay with me because you're not the only one and I'd be alone without you too. Me and everyone like us that don't say it.
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This is great! Love your energy and ability to articulate in such an intelligent passionate way.
❤ If you only knew how much I love this. I was obsessed with this guy when I was a young teen. Random but, when I was little my mom was in love with Darly Hall and because she was my everything, by extension I became just as in love with him.
Not long ago he and Darly Hall met and performed this song live on his channel called live at Daryl's House. Won't lie cried and smiled at the same time. If you ever want to hear a slightly stripped down version I highly recommend. ❤❤ hope you are doing well.
I bet Santa is gearing up for baby boy's Christmas.
Love this song.. I remember where I was when I heard it first... I cried. Never has happened before or since.
Gorgeous song, and man.
I’ve seen them live twice. Always a good show. They have a lot of great songs.
Grew up in Buffalo and used to see these guys when the played small bars.
Thank you Rosalie, first time I see your videos, not the first time I hear this EPIC song! Your energy, words and analysis is powerful, amazing to have found you!
Thank you!! :) welcome.
"I don't want to world to see me." Such a simple line with life altering weight behind it. At least for me anyway. It always felt like it was describing someone standing at the edge of a cliff knowing that on the other side was the life they had always dreamed of but to get to it they had to jump and pray that they could make it to the other side. And at that moment that you're building up the courage to jump you feel like that if someone saw you in such a vulnerable place that it would immediately crush you because you would rather not even try.
This is magic. What an absolute swoon worthy heartthrob in the rain 😍
a phenomenal band in the mid 90s.....then dropped off the face of the earth.....good to see them come back
There is no feeling like seeing a live band- the energy is electric, the connection between the crowd, the band…we’re *all* experiencing this amazing moment together…Obviously, seeing your favourite bands play live is something special, but *any* live music is an amazing experience. I’ve been to hundreds of live shows, but Tool’s Ænima tour…ughhh…that shit blew my mind…changed me on a spiritual & cellular level!🤯😂 (I have to laugh at myself, cos I hate to be one of *those* people, but in this case it’s 100% true!🤷♀️😂)
i think that's awesome! i know that place--it's surreal
Slide is another song that’s awesome.
I like Name.
I cried so much to this song 🎧 Never seen the band live or this live performance clip ❤
Your video was the first recommendation of the day.
It’s my new thing this year. Always watch the first video recommended that is not related to what I usually subscribe to.
What a feeling it would be to be in that crowd !? Oh my gosh !!! Hehehehehe😍😂 7:37
15:51 wow… love they way you break the lyrics down..
So happy I clicked on this video ❤
The person "singing" the song is an angel - so when they say "I would give up forever" - they mean it (the angel longs for the human but doesn't want other humans to see them because they won't understand). The song is a track for the movie City of Angels but grew extra legs to walk away from the movie and stand on its own.
One of my all-time favorite songs since I have lived dissociation and trauma....but can we please take a moment to appreciate a soaking wet Johnny? 😂 Playing live during a down pour just shows how special they are.
Look up the history behind this song. Johnny Resnick got major writers block before he found the inspiration for writing this song. Was ready to leave music. Then this song hits and their lives were changed.
Saw these guys at sheas and again for this concert right before I left home. Amazing experience.
My first love put his arms around me while this was on...i didn't even know he was into me until that moment. But i had always had a huge crush on him....great memories! Thank you for going over this one ❤
I remember when he said he was afraid the rest of the band would think the lyrics were corny. Lol.
I was in high school and so in love with the lead singer. I still might be a little bit in love with him.